{"product_id":"selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-paperback","title":"Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmilie Du Châtelet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough most historians remember her as the mistress of Voltaire, Emilie Du Châtelet (1706-49) was an accomplished writer in her own right, who published multiple editions of her scientific writings during her lifetime, as well as a translation of Newton's \u003ci\u003ePrincipia Mathematica\u003c\/i\u003e that is still the standard edition of that work in French. Had she been a man, her reputation as a member of the eighteenth-century French intellectual elite would have been assured.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s, feminist historians of science began the slow work of recovering Du Châtelet's writings and her contributions to history and philosophy. For this edition, Judith P. Zinsser has selected key sections from Du Châtelet's published and unpublished works, as well as related correspondence, part of her little-known critique of the Old and New Testaments, and a treatise on happiness that is a refreshingly uncensored piece of autobiography-making all of them available for the first time in English. The resulting volume will recover Châtelet's place in the pantheon of French letters and culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith P. Zinsser \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of history and an affiliate in the women's studies program at Miami University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmilie Du Châtelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsabelle Bour\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of eighteenth-century English studies at the Sorbonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754042786080,"sku":"9780226168074","price":88.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b8263256761fdb3639db55ba9546a1c.webp?v=1780032164","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/selected-philosophical-and-scientific-writings-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}